Re: Secure FTP

[Bill Katsma <bkatsma@xxxxxxxx>]

Sorry, I should of explained.

I am trying to protect the data here not the password.  The security I
am using is that I am not allowing the user to see the files.  So in
order for some one to get to the data they would need to know the exact
file name along with the directories it is under.  Once we get the data
into the ftp site we send of a fax or an email to give our supplier the
exact name and as far receiving data they all just know where to put it.

I did anonymous because I did not want to make accounts for every one.

hope that is clear. I open to other suggestions.  The only other way is
to create a generic username and password and give that to everyone. 
But that still leaves me with sending the DATA in the clear over the
internet.


thanks again

Bruce Smith wrote:
> 
> > I just set up an Anonymous FTP server on my SUN RH 6.2 box.  There will
> > be quite a few vendors and suppliers accessing this site via the
> > internet some with m$, some with various flavors of unix.
> >
> > What I was wondering what is there that I can do to get the data secure
> > (encrypted) with little or no setting up for the client or maybe a
> > client that I can offer for download without some type of licensing.
> 
> I must be missing something here.
> 
> What's the point of SECURE ANONYMOUS ftp?
> That sounds like an oxymoron to me!   :{)
> 
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> Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
> System Administrator / Network Administrator
> Armstrong International, Inc.
> Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
> http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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